Course description

Microsoft Powerpoint

Do you want to create beautiful and professional presentations that leave your competition in the dust? This PowerPoint course will teach students to create attractive and dynamic PowerPoint presentations. By the end of the course, students will be able to create complete slideshows that include text, graphics and video.

The course begins with the basics of creating and editing slides. Students will then progress to making those slides visually appealing with themes and colors. In the following two modules, students will learn how to create and insert charts and infographics, and how to include audio and video that can be played directly from the slideshow. The course ends with final review, adding notes and creating printable handouts, and saving the slideshow appropriately.

Suitability - Who should attend?

Who should take this course? Anyone who wants to create appealing and informative PowerPoint presentations:

Business people and managers who regularly present sales pitches, proposals or data analysis

Educators and speakers who teach or lead groups

Students who want to be at the head of the class when giving presentations

Outcome / Qualification etc.

This course is CPD/CE accredited. CPD accredited courses count towards the total of CPD hours to submit for your job role.

CPD points are accepted and recognized by employers from both the public and private sectors, and academic institutions across the UK and internationally.

Training Course Content

Start at the very beginning with the basics of opening, editing and saving a file

Learn to add and edit text, images and shapes to begin building the content of your presentation

Then, take your creation and make it shine with visually pleasing themes, backgrounds and fonts

Increase the appeal of your presentation even further by adding snappy transitions and animations to your slides

More advanced modifications add class and style Learn to add links to relevant websites, and create charts and other infographics for your business presentations

Then add interesting audio clips or relevant clips of video that play right from your slide

Learn to use review tools to assure the presentation is accurate and easy to read

Create notes and handouts and show your audience that you've come prepared to wow them

Assure you've saved the final presentation and any associated media in the right file format.

Course Breakdown:

Module 1: Introduction To Powerpoint

Opening a new file

Editing a slide

Adding a new text area

Formatting text

Creating a list

Adding a shape

Adding and formatting an image

Adding a new slide

Saving the slideshow

How to play the slideshow

Module 2: Slides With Style

Selecting and changing a slideshow theme

Changing a color scheme

Selecting a font scheme

Selecting a background style

Slide transitions

Animations

Module 3: Links, Charts And Infographics

How to create and use a hyperlink

How to create and insert a chart

How to create and insert SmartArt infographics

Module 4: Embedding Audio And Video

Inserting and playing an audio clip

Inserting and playing a video clip from your computer

Inserting and playing a video clip from the Internet

Module 5: Finalizing The Presentation

Checking spelling

Reviewing for visibility and legibility

Adding notes

Printing handouts

Restricting editing

Saving the file in different formats

Expenses

The cost of this course is £119 £19 + VAT per participant.

Exams and PDF Certificate already included in price.

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